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Anthony Bourdains’s “The Layover” films at Le Pichet

The Travel Channel show  “The Layover” rolled into Le Pichet last Thursday for 2 hours of filming in support of a Seattle episode to be aired in Fall 2012.  Here are a couple photos: The filming mainly centered around Le Pichets house-made charcuterie but a selection of other dishes were filmed as well.  I guess […]

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The Travel Channel show  “The Layover” rolled into Le Pichet last Thursday for 2 hours of filming in support of a Seattle episode to be aired in Fall 2012.  Here are a couple photos: The filming mainly centered around Le Pichets house-made charcuterie but a selection of other dishes were filmed as well.  I guess

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Good eating with a nice beurre blanc

Recently caught in the waters of the Gave de Pau near Orthez (gave = river in the local dialect):  A pike measuring almost 1 meter in length.  The feature article in the local newspaper SudOuest goes on to state that it has been an exceptional year for fishing in the gave with unusually high number

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Recently caught in the waters of the Gave de Pau near Orthez (gave = river in the local dialect):  A pike measuring almost 1 meter in length.  The feature article in the local newspaper SudOuest goes on to state that it has been an exceptional year for fishing in the gave with unusually high number

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Menu for July 2012 Corner Table

What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday July 31, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday July 31, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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Where did the flavor go?

It looks so nice;  why doesn’t it taste better? “Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near-universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless?” This is the question posed by a recent New York Times article by Gina Kolata. “The unexpected culprit is a gene mutation that occurred by chance and that

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It looks so nice;  why doesn’t it taste better? “Plant geneticists say they have discovered an answer to a near-universal question: Why are tomatoes usually so tasteless?” This is the question posed by a recent New York Times article by Gina Kolata. “The unexpected culprit is a gene mutation that occurred by chance and that

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Special Salad at Le Pichet

“Anderson Valley lamb neck and shanks braised with red wine, shredded and served on a salad of dandelion greens, escarole, green garlic, walnut oil and butter fried croutons” We got in a whole lamb from Anderson Vally Ranch last week at Le Pichet.     I turned the neck and shanks into this special salad by

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“Anderson Valley lamb neck and shanks braised with red wine, shredded and served on a salad of dandelion greens, escarole, green garlic, walnut oil and butter fried croutons” We got in a whole lamb from Anderson Vally Ranch last week at Le Pichet.     I turned the neck and shanks into this special salad by

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Is our food too clean?

We are what we don’t eat? In a recent New York Times article, Jeff D. Leach suggests that our increasing distance from the soil in which our food grows may be behind not only increasing rates of allergies and food sensitivities, but perhaps also increases in chronic diseases and in the severity of effects we

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We are what we don’t eat? In a recent New York Times article, Jeff D. Leach suggests that our increasing distance from the soil in which our food grows may be behind not only increasing rates of allergies and food sensitivities, but perhaps also increases in chronic diseases and in the severity of effects we

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Cafe Presse and Le Pichet open regular hours for July 4th Holiday

Just a note to remind you that both Cafe Presse and sister restaurant Le Pichet will be open regular hours on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.  We hope you will have a great Fourth of July holiday. Cafe Presse  7am until 2am Le Pichet 8am until 12 midnight

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Just a note to remind you that both Cafe Presse and sister restaurant Le Pichet will be open regular hours on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.  We hope you will have a great Fourth of July holiday. Cafe Presse  7am until 2am Le Pichet 8am until 12 midnight

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Party for Bastille Day 2012 at Le Pichet

Please join us at Le Pichet for our annual Bastille Day party.  We always enjoy throwing our 2 Cafe-Style events each year (the other is our Beaujolais Nouveau Party that takes place the 3rd Thursday of November) as it gives us the chance to break out of our normal, fairly reserved mold and swing a

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Please join us at Le Pichet for our annual Bastille Day party.  We always enjoy throwing our 2 Cafe-Style events each year (the other is our Beaujolais Nouveau Party that takes place the 3rd Thursday of November) as it gives us the chance to break out of our normal, fairly reserved mold and swing a

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GMO Labels to be put to vote in California

GMOs are everywhere…at least in the USA Although many people are not aware of it, almost all the processed food sold in the US contains Genetically Modified Organisms.  This according to an article by Amy Harmon and Andrew Pollack in the New York Times.  If that makes you nervous, it may (or may not) help

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GMOs are everywhere…at least in the USA Although many people are not aware of it, almost all the processed food sold in the US contains Genetically Modified Organisms.  This according to an article by Amy Harmon and Andrew Pollack in the New York Times.  If that makes you nervous, it may (or may not) help

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June Corner Table Menu

What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday June 26, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday June 26, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday June 26, 2012 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday June 26, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today to save your place. The Corner Table is a

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